Bipolar: Remember Monopoly?
Published: Tue, 01/01/13
Hi ,
How's it going for you today?
I hope it's a good day for you.
Do you remember the game Monopoly?
We played it when we were kids.
You may even play it with your own children
or grandchildren now.
The thing about Monopoly was that it took
soooo long, remember?
If you were going to play the game right, you
had to plan to play it for HOURS!!!
And that's a LONG time to a kid.
Did you ever play a game of Monopoly, and you
were winning, and all of a sudden everyone
else wanted to quit?
Where did that leave you?
Frustrated, huh?
Disappointed?
Maybe even angry?
Because you were winning the game when
all of a sudden everyone else decided to do
something else.
They "changed the rules" on you.
In order to win, you have to play the game
the whole way through, so you might have
felt gypped of your win.
And you wouldn't like that, because you felt
entitled to that win!
You did the work for it...
You played by the rules...
You put in the time...
You played well...
And you were supposed to win.
But children (and some adults) don't always
have the patience to make it through a whole
game of Monopoly.
They might already be onto the next activity,
and you're sitting there pouting!
Which, of course, will get you nowhere except
left out of the next fun activity of playing.
It just doesn't seem fair to you.
Well, that's kind of like how bipolar disorder
works.
I talk about this in my courses/systems - that
things may change on you unexpectedly:
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You could be doing everything right...
You could be playing by the rules...
Doing everything you're supposed to be
doing...
Putting in all the time and effort to "win"...
And all of a sudden the rules change on
you!
All of a sudden the things that you've always
done aren't working this time!
You see signs and symptoms of an episode
approaching.
You better do something quick!
No, this isn't what you expected.
No, this isn't what you wanted.
But just pouting about it isn't going to get you
stable.
And if you're a supporter, just pouting about it
isn't going to help your loved one one bit.
It isn't fair!
You might want to exclaim.
No, it isn't fair.
But it is a reality you have to deal with.
Just because the rules change in mid-game,
doesn't mean you stop "playing" it.
You have to continue to do the things that make
you stable.
Just like a supporter has to keep doing the things
they normally do to support you.
By both of you working together, you can come
out of the episode faster.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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